For today's WoW Classic preview, we're looking at Wowhead's Classic Dressing Room, a model viewer allowing you to dress up and preview any character using the original vanilla models and animations.

Character Model Differences in Classic

As Warlords of Draenor revamped all character models, Classic characters use lower-resolution models than BFA characters. As part of the revamp, characters move slightly differently as well, which you can preview by selecting all animations from the model viewer.

More customization options have been added through the years, including a number of new hairstyles in Cataclysm that are not present in Classic.

There is no barbershop, or option to pay to change race in Classic WoW, so going with the perfect look is important on the first try.

Transmog sets were not present in vanilla WoW--leading to the term "clown suit" to describe players in brightly-colored mismatching gear that provided the best DPS. However, standing outside the bank in your best gear, on a rare mount, was a way to show off in vanilla.

Classic WoW Dressing Room

With the Classic Dressing Room, preview characters using their original models in any available armor and weapons. You can import any previously-loaded character to see what your BFA character will look like in Classic at a lower resolution.

As you change each piece of armor and update your hair/face options, the URL will dynamically update, so you can simply copy the URL and paste it to friends to share your appearance.

At the bottom-right side of the screen, you will find a menu allowing you to select different animations. Double-click on the model viewer to expand it to full-screen and drag your mouse to see your character moving from any angle.

Commento di Sirfalas

Commento di NQbass7

on 2019-05-30T18:42:44-05:00

Back then a cool looking guys was a cool guy in game sense too.

What?

I think they're saying that people who looked cool also had good gear - if you saw someone standing around in full tier 2 set, that was probably BiS at the time. Now you can see someone in a really cool looking, matching set of armor, but they might not even be max level.

Commento di xDialtone

on 2019-05-30T20:18:10-05:00

Back then a cool looking guys was a cool guy in game sense too.

What?

I think they're saying that people who looked cool also had good gear - if you saw someone standing around in full tier 2 set, that was probably BiS at the time. Now you can see someone in a really cool looking, matching set of armor, but they might not even be max level.

Which is really funny, considering for most of classic paladins wore a teal dress and not their actual set.

Commento di Ir0nBrutzler

on 2019-05-30T22:49:57-05:00

mhhh okay do not see who need this because cou can not really chose what you wear ;)

Commento di Peredhil

on 2019-05-30T23:42:45-05:00

Back then a cool looking guys was a cool guy in game sense too.

Fortunately transmog was introduced several expansion later. Else everyone would wear a clown suit as a badge of coolness.

Commento di Deihjan

I will miss transmogging and the HD models though. But other than that I am ready for Classic.

Commento di ChaosDecides

on 2019-05-31T04:31:29-05:00

aaah I kinda miss the clownsuits of yore.

I will miss transmogging and the HD models though. But other than that I am ready for Classic.

Same here. Classic graphics are an eyesore.

Commento di wowrior

on 2019-05-31T12:41:48-05:00

One thing to be excited about, at least we can get the original Corrupted Ashbringer!

Commento di Saberia

on 2019-05-31T16:56:03-05:00

Awesome feature.

The only reason I wanted to get into beta is to see old customisation options. Forgot how ugly some races looked. Now I can test it without beta.

Commento di Greensmower1

on 2019-06-01T08:07:56-05:00

Back then a cool looking guys was a cool guy in game sense too.

Fortunately transmog was introduced several expansion later. Else everyone would wear a clown suit as a badge of coolness.

Lol... now there are a large amount of players that mainly play just to transmog gear... there are even achievements around who has the best style? If the devs originally cared about style or how toons ultimately looked, they would have made the original armors look good together. But since getting a full, matching set was almost harder than getting Thunderfury, most ppl were happy with the clown suits. I see transmog as an unfortunate distraction from the actual game...

Commento di Vanderz

on 2019-06-03T20:22:39-05:00

Back then a cool looking guys was a cool guy in game sense too.

Fortunately transmog was introduced several expansion later. Else everyone would wear a clown suit as a badge of coolness.

Lol... now there are a large amount of players that mainly play just to transmog gear... there are even achievements around who has the best style? If the devs originally cared about style or how toons ultimately looked, they would have made the original armors look good together. But since getting a full, matching set was almost harder than getting Thunderfury, most ppl were happy with the clown suits. I see transmog as an unfortunate distraction from the actual game...

Doesn't matter why people play as the more people who play the better it is for the game's health.

Many people aren't interested in their character being perpetually ridiculous looking. Transmog is only a positive thing.